Greetings from Amazon.com Delivers Christian Books Editor, Doug McDonald * What We're Reading: "An Invitation to Joy," "Beyond the Walls: Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Life," and "Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus" * Everlasting Life: An Excerpt from "Desire of the Everlasting Hills" * New in Paperback: "The Life of Thomas More," "Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned," "The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit" * Coming Soon, Order Now: "Teresa of Avila: The Progress of a Soul," "Intimate Merton," "Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found" WHAT WE'RE READING ****************** "An Invitation to Joy by Pope John Paul II http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684870339/entertainmentsit "Invitation to Joy" is indispensable for understanding the papacy of John Paul II. It is a straightforward, simple pictorial memoir that collects excerpts from the pope's writings and speeches (including one previously unpublished original prayer), stitched together with Vatican-approved commentary by former Time correspondent Greg Burke. "Beyond the Walls: Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Life" by Paul Wilkes http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385494351/entertainmentsit "Beyond the Walls" is, like Kathleen Norris's "The Cloister Walk," a memoir of monastophilia. Paul Wilkes is a writer whose articles on spirituality have appeared in The New Yorker and other magazines, and his attempts to practice poverty, chastity, detachment, and other monastic virtues in his secular life are related here with humor and thoughtfulness. "Monasticism is spirituality laid bare," Wilkes writes. "[I]t is the human yearning to open one's self to the divine spirit within"--a yearning that, he points out, insinuates itself into most aspects of everyday life. "Jesus Freaks; Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus" by dc Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577780728/entertainmentsit "Jesus Freaks" is a companion volume to dc Talk's album of the same name. It is a book for teenagers about martyrdom, containing dozens of profiles of figures ranging from Stephen, whose martyrdom is described in the Book of Acts, to "Anila and Perveen," two teenage Pakistani girls and Christian believers. EVERLASTING LIFE: AN EXCERPT FROM "DESIRE OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS" ******************************************************************* "Desire of the Everlasting Hills" is another present from the pen of Thomas Cahill, author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization" and "The Gifts of the Jews." In this third volume of the bestselling Hinges of History series, he knits together history, politics, sociology, and faith with contemporary insights that yield remarkable results. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=entertainmentsit&path=ts/book-excerpt/0385482515 NEW IN PAPERBACK **************** "The Life of Thomas More" by Peter Ackroyd http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385496931/entertainmentsit Whitbread award-winning biographer Peter Ackroyd masterfully introduces us to one of the great figures in England's history in "The Life of Thomas More." Learn why More--a lawyer, humanist, and saint--came to be known as "a man for all seasons." "Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned" by Kenneth C. Davis http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380728397/entertainmentsit Kenneth Davis, popular purveyor of stuff you should know but never learned, turns his research engine to the land of Job and Jesus. Ever wonder who wrote the Bible, what the difference is between a disciple and an apostle, or how the Dead Sea Scrolls measure up? Davis tackles the entire Bible, book by book, from Genesis to Revelation. "The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit" by Adolf Holl http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385492855/entertainmentsit As Jack Miles is to God, Adolf Holl is to the Holy Spirit. Like Miles's "God: A Biography," Holls's "The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit" deftly weaves scholarly reflections on religion, myth, and culture into a compelling story about the life of a divinity. COMING SOON, ORDER NOW ********************** "Teresa of Avila: The Progress of a Soul" by Cathleen Medwick http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394547942/entertainmentsit Cathleen Medwick's impressive biography of Saint Teresa (1515-1582), widely considered one of the greatest mystics and woman reformers of the Renaissance. "Intimate Merton" by Thomas Merton<BR>edited by Patrick Hart and Jonathan Montaldo http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062516205/entertainmentsit "A lot of my spiritual seeking began with reading Thomas Merton. And I loved his journals. He is an incredible source of light and comfort and humor. You meet a great spirit in this book." --Anne Lamott "Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found" by Frederick Buechner http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062516388/entertainmentsit As Buechner moves into his 70s, he explores more deeply and with greater personal poignancy his familiar subjects of loss, death, and faith, acknowledging that these three issues still revolve around his own father's suicide when Buechner was 9. ****** You'll find more great books, articles, excerpts, and interviews in Amazon.com's Christian Books section at Christian Books ******
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